I Kept Pressing the 100-Million Button and Came Out on Top (一億年ボタンを連打した俺は、気付いたら最強になっていた ～落第剣士の学院無双～, Ichiokunen Button o Rendashita Ore wa, Kidzuitara Saikyou ni Natteita ~Rakudai Kenshi no Gakuin Musou~) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shuichi Tsukishima and illustrated by Mokyu. It began serialization online in February 2019 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later…
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (博多豚骨ラーメンズ, Hakata Tonkotsu Rāmenzu) is a Japanese novel series written by Chiaki Kisaki and illustrated by Hako Ichiiro. ASCII Media Works have published nine volumes since 2014 under their Media Works Bunko imprint. The novel won the Grand Prize at the 20th annual Dengeki Novel Awards. A manga adaptation with art by Kisara Akino was serialized in Square Enix‘s shōnen manga magazine G Fantasy between July 2016 and May 2017….
Gakkō no Kaidan (学校の階段, lit. The School’s Staircase) is a Japanese light novel series by Takaaki Kaima with illustrations by Amane Amahuku. The first novel in the series was released on January 30, 2006, and a total of twelve volumes have been published by Enterbrain under their Famitsu Bunko publishing imprint when the series concluded on July 30, 2009. A live action movie adaptation…
Fairy Tail Zero (stylized as FAIRY TAIL ZERØ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It is a prequel to Mashima’s Fairy Tail manga, depicting the events leading to the formation of the titular wizards’ guild. The manga was serialized in Monthly Fairy Tail Magazine from July 2014 to July 2015, with the 13 chapters collected into a single graphic novel by Kodansha….
Eerie Queerie!, titled Ghost! (ゴースト!, Gōsuto!) in the original Japanese, is a four-volume manga series written and illustrated by Shuri Shiozu. It was published by Shinshokan under the Wings Comics imprint from 1999 to 2003. The series was licensed in English by Tokyopop in 2004, though it went out of print when the company closed its North American publishing division in 2011. Plot The series centers around Mitsuo Shiozu, a…
Dai Dark (Japanese: 大ダーク, Hepburn: Dai Dāku, lit. “Big Dark”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Q Hayashida. It has been serialized in Shogakukan‘s Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine since March 2019, with its chapters collected into six tankōbon volumes as of April 2023. The manga is licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. Synopsis Setting Taking place in outer space, which is divided between…
Can’t Win With You! (Japanese: きみには勝てない!, Hepburn: Kimi ni wa Katenai!, aka. “High School Nights”) is a Japanese manga written by Satosumi Takaguchi and illustrated by Yukine Honami. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga’s three bound volumes through its imprint, Juné, between August 15, 2007 and March 11, 2008. The manga is licensed in Germany as High School Nights by Tokyopop Germany. Houbunsha releases the manga three tankōbon volumes between…
Baby Love (ベイビィ★LOVE) is a shojo manga series by Ayumi Shiina. Part of the story has been adapted into an OVA. Story Seara is a mature young girl that fell in love with Shuhei Seto when she was still very young. Telling him that she would be his bride when she grew up, Shuhei told her that if she grew up to be a…
Abu-san (Japanese: あぶさん) is a baseball manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. It tells the story of fictional baseball player Yasutake Kageura (景浦安武, Kageura Yasutake). It started to be serialized in 1973 in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original, and ended on February 5, 2014, after 976 chapters published in the magazine. The first manga volume was released on May 15, 1974 and the last one, the 107th volume, was…
11eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo (Japanese: 11eyes -罪と罰と贖いの少女-, lit. 11eyes: Sin, Damnation, and the Atonement Girl), known simply as 11eyes in its anime adaptation, is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Lass first released on April 25, 2008, for a Microsoft Windows PC as a DVD; 11 eyes is Lass’ fourth game. A port playable on the Xbox 360 entitled 11eyes CrossOver was released on April 2, 2009, published by 5pb. A manga adaptation…
Zenryaku Milk House (Japanese: 前略・ミルクハウス, “Omission Milk House”) is a Japanese slice of life romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Kawahara. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Bessatsu Shōjo Comic from the March 1983 issue to the May 1986 issue, with a total of 39 chapters. The individual chapters were compiled by Shogakukan under their imprint Flower Comics into ten tankōbon volumes. In 2014, the series was reissued…
Yakyū-kyō no Uta (Japanese: 野球狂の詩, lit. “Poetry of Baseball Enthusiasts”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. It follows Yūki Mizuhara, a young woman who wants to do veterinary medicine at college but instead she became a baseball player. It was originally serialized in the Kodansha‘s Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 1972 and 1976, and has been adapted into several spin-off manga, a live-action film,…
